The local squad can lock up the right to host a first-round home playoff match by winning one of its final two games and can secure the No. 2 seed in the USL Western Conference by winning its final two regular-season contests.

SAFC (15-4-11, 56 points) plays the Portland Timbers 2 (3-21-6) at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Toyota Field. The match was originally scheduled for Aug. 26 but was postponed because of Hurricane Harvey.

“We said this in March, every point is very valuable in the league, because when it comes to this point of the season, those points are impactful,” SAFC coach Darren Powell said. “We know every point is very important and we’ve got six to play for in the next week, so we’ll focus on the three Wednesday.”

SAFC is third in the Western Conference, two points behind Reno 1868 FC (17-7-7, 58) and a point ahead of Swope Park Rangers and Phoenix Rising FC, who both are 16-8-7 (55 points). Real Monarchs SLC (19-5-7, 64) has already claimed the No. 1 seed.

The playoffs begin Oct. 20.

Because SAFC has two contests remaining — it hosts Rio Grande Valley FC Saturday in a regular-season finale — and Swope Park and Reno only have one, the Alamo City squad controls its own destiny.

SAFC put itself in such a position thanks to a 1-1 tie Saturday against Tampa Bay Rowdies in which forward Ever Guzman tallied the tying goal in the 88th minute.

“We showed it tonight, even though we go 1-0 down late in the game, we can still push with nine, 10, seven minutes left and get a goal — a crucial goal,” SAFC defender Sebastien Ibeagha said following the match.

A year ago, SAFC did not get the crucial goals when it needed to. With a playoff berth on the line in the final match, SAFC fell to Rio Grande Valley 3-0. The Toros snapped a scoreless tie with three goals in the final 13 minutes.

The setback served as motivation this season. SAFC’s payout came when it earned a postseason berth with a 1-0 win over Orange County SC on Sept. 14 on defender Ben Newnam’s second-half free kick. It was reinforced with Saturday’s crucial draw against Tampa Bay.

“It just shows our fight,” SAFC defender Greg Cochrane said. “It’s getting close to the playoffs now and that situation, we can be in it two weeks from now. We’ve done that all year, though, where we don’t give up. Sometimes the results don’t go our way, but it was nice from this one to get a point out of it. It was good the fact that we battled back.”